Finger-tip protector



I. A. BOEHRINGER FINGER TIP PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1921.

1A87Q Pafmented Feb" 28, 1922.

guve m-toz John H, fiaehrw'nger UNITED. STATES JOHN A. BOEHRINGER, OFNEW YORK, N. I.

FINGER-TIP PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

Application filed March 18, 1921. Serial No. 453,441. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BOEHRINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Finger-TipProtectors, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to improvements in finger guards and isparticularly adapted for use on the fingers of a sewing machine operatorto avoid injury from a needle.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device which maybe easily slipped over the end of the finger in such a position as tocompletel cover the nail and the tip of the finger an yet leave thefinger cushion uncovered so that the material being stitched will comein direct contact with the finger cushion, whereby the operator may beguided by the sensation of touch in manipulating the article beingsewed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which may beeasily and cheaply constructed and pressed into proper formation by theuse of suitable dies.

Still another object of the invention resides in the provision of aguard constructed in such a manner as to conform to the shape of thefinger with its upper ortion arranged to follow the contour of t e nailso as to provide a means to prevent the guard from slipping too far ontothe finger and leaving an portion exposed.

1th these and other objects the invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangements of arts which will be fullyset forth in the fiillowing specification, claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view illustrating thisdevice in use, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view throu h the guard.

Re errin to the drawings in detail the numeral 5 iesignates in itsentirety this improved finger uard which comprises a substantially tubuar body 6, open at each end and provided on its upper side and on itsrear end with an extension 7 which is arranged to overlie the fingerbetween the first joint and the root of the nail.

The forward edge of the extension 7 is bent inwardly and downwardly asat 8 to conform to the shape of the finger at the root of the nail, andextending forwardly from the portion 8 is the nailguard 9 which projectsforwardly beyond the forward edge of the tubular body 6 and terminatesin a downturned shield 10 which overhangs the outer end of the nail andthe tip of the fin er as shown in Figure 1.

11 use the device is slipped over the end of the finger as illustratedwith the nail guard 9 lying against the exposed surface of the fingernail and the portion 8 engaging the finger at the. point where the nailterminates. In this position, it will be obvious that the under side orthe cushion of the finger projects through the recess 11 so as to enga ethe edge of the article to be stitched. O viously the finger tip andnail will be guarded against injury by contact with the foot or needleof the machine, and yet the sense of touch is in no way interfered withand the user may guide the article being sewed in the ordinary manner.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that certain minorchanges, in the details of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

What is claimed is As a new article of manufacture, a finger guard forsewing machine operators comprising a unitary metallic body adapted tobe engaged upon the first phalange of a finger, the upper rear portionof said body being cut transversely to present an arcuate edge ofrelatively lar' e radius and the lower rear portion of sai body beingsimilarly formed to a lesser radius presenting a relatively narrow bandto engage the inner side of the operators finger, a down turned portionat the outer end of said body adapted to contact with the edge of thefinger nail, and a depressed portion formed in said body adapted tooverlie the main portions of the nail, said depressed portion blendinginto the body at a point substantially over the center of said bandportion.

In witness whereof I aflix mg si nature.

JOHN A. BOEH mime.

